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Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking
Giuliano Bugialli
Fireside, 1989
Teaches cooking not justing learning how to follow a recipe!
+ Gushing amateur
+ Wow your friends and family !
Mr. Bugiallli writes the clearest, most authentic and historically researched recipes. This book does the same with the "how to" by giving only one or two recipes to demonstrate the technique being discussed. There are numerous photographs which some many of the techniques from beginning to ...
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The Cake Bible
Rose Levy Beranbaum
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1988
Amazing resource for bakers
+ Kemo's Picks
+ The ultimate classic
+ Very good book but not for beginners
+ A good book despite a few flaws
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The Joy of Cooking Comb-Bound Edition: Revised and Expanded
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
Plume, 1997
The Best Comprehensive Cookbook
+ Joy of Cooking
+ The Joy of cooking
+ An excellent all-purpose, all-in-one, book on basic American home cuisine
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Beard On Bread
James Beard
Knopf, 1995
best bread book i've ever had
+ Beard on Bread
+ Classic American Baking
+ Great Book
+ A classic that has aged gracefully
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The 1997 Joy of Cooking
Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, ...
Scribner, 1997
The Best Comprehensive Cookbook
+ Joy of Cooking
+ The Joy of cooking
+ An excellent all-purpose, all-in-one, book on basic American home cuisine
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Fine Art of Italian Cooking
Giuliano Bugialli
Clarkson Potter, 1990
A Classic Italian (Florentine) Cookbook
+ The best
+ For the intermediate cook
My main quibble with this book is it's title. It isn't really a book about "Italian" cuisine as a whole, but about Florentine cuisine with a generous salute to cooking from other regions and cities. A solid majority of the recipes and comments are, self-admittedly, about Florentine cuisine. ...
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Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking
Julee Rosso
Three Rivers Press, 1993
a reliable resource for many years
+ Great Good Food: Lucious Lower Fat Cooking
My copy of this cookbook is well-thumbed with pages folded down and notes written in the margins, testifying to its position as my favorite cookbook for well over five years. I entertain friends for dinner on average of once a week, and many of the recipes in this book have become consistent ...
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The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar
Gary Regan, (none)
HarperTorch, 1993
Comprehensive book for beginners.
+ No mojitos?
This edition is useful not only for its recipes, but for its information, as well. The introduction has a similar feel to the early chapters of The Joy of Cooking in that it offers instruction on the essentials for stocking a home bar as well as comprehensive lists of equipment and glassware -- ...
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Naked Chef, The
Jamie Oliver
Hyperion, 2000
oh so good!
+ its interesting
+ Fantastic Cook book
+ excelent
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Jewish Cooking in America: Expanded Edition (Knopf Cooks American)
Joan Nathan
Knopf, 1998
Ess, ess, mein kindt!
+ Excellent recipes and cultural and historical information
+ The New Good Housekeeping
+ A Taste for Mind and Tongue
+ An excellent cookbook to read and to cook from
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The Joy of Cooking Comb-Bound Edition: Revised and Expanded
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
Plume, 1997
The Best Comprehensive Cookbook
+ Joy of Cooking
+ The Joy of cooking
+ An excellent all-purpose, all-in-one, book on basic American home cuisine
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Naked Chef, The
Jamie Oliver
Hyperion, 2000
oh so good!
+ its interesting
+ Fantastic Cook book
+ excelent
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Fine Art of Italian Cooking
Giuliano Bugialli
Clarkson Potter, 1990
A Classic Italian (Florentine) Cookbook
+ The best
+ For the intermediate cook
My main quibble with this book is it's title. It isn't really a book about "Italian" cuisine as a whole, but about Florentine cuisine with a generous salute to cooking from other regions and cities. A solid majority of the recipes and comments are, self-admittedly, about Florentine cuisine. ...
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The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar
Gary Regan, (none)
HarperTorch, 1993
Comprehensive book for beginners.
+ No mojitos?
This edition is useful not only for its recipes, but for its information, as well. The introduction has a similar feel to the early chapters of The Joy of Cooking in that it offers instruction on the essentials for stocking a home bar as well as comprehensive lists of equipment and glassware -- ...
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Jewish Cooking in America: Expanded Edition (Knopf Cooks American)
Joan Nathan
Knopf, 1998
Ess, ess, mein kindt!
+ Excellent recipes and cultural and historical information
+ The New Good Housekeeping
+ A Taste for Mind and Tongue
+ An excellent cookbook to read and to cook from
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